> yeah im a tard mullet..but i just saw magnolia last night (seriously it
didnt come to any theaters in this area until now..at the cheapo $1.50
> theater) and yeah i love it blah blah blah..i remember a while ago a lot
of talk about it on here...like all the odd references to the whole
> frogs raining down exodus 8:2 passege in the bible...id like to hear
comments and maybe some things i would have missed (i didnt pay too much
> attention to possible clues like the clocks pointing to 8 and 2 and all,
i was just soaking the movie in you know) but anyway yeah it was
> great..so much more sinscere than all the other high quality movies of
the past year or two...like, fight club, american beauty...all
> those...altho they were all good movies..they still had this sleazy
hollywood-ness to them underneath...that came out in the way that these
> movies were, like most hollywood movies..very geared towards white
males...has anyone else noticed this? like..its hard to explain..but these
> movies are very good..but still made with the intention of appealing to
the male brain. but anyway, i saw none of this going on in magnolia..it
> was just great.
i think paul thomas anderson, as a screenplay writer and a director, is
brilliant. i think i like him most of all because he's not one of those
"i'm gonna hit you all with something REALLY fresh that only i am cool
enough to write!" i HATE quentin terrentino for that reason. i like "pulp
ficton" and "resevoir(sp i know) dogs" but he in general makes me sick. i
don't believe paul thomas anderson is trying to do that...cos there's a
certain kindness in all his movies and he has the ability to make dorky
people seem nice and cool. actually speaking of which, i didn't think
"fight club" was high quality at all ;) the only thing i did find
entertaining about that movie was when the screen portrayed his apartment
as a catalog. that was great. i just thought "magnolia" was a really
great movie...that and "american beauty" are probably my two favorites from
1999.
- amy
